150 years ago, Mikao Usui was born, the founder of reiki. He couldn’t have known the impact he would have one day. He simply did what he knew: he offered a method of hands-on-healing and daily attitudinal adjustment to gratitude, respect of all contacts, ancestors and teachers, reduction of worry and anger, and mindfulness atContinue reading “To Mikao Usui In 2015”
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Mikao Usui, Born 155 Years Ago
Just for today I am grateful to Mikao Usui’s birth and life and legacy. Just for today, I find his warm, sunny and generous nature in this warm, sunny and generous day. Just for today, I am grateful for the growing respect for all life on earth, nonhuman and human. A peaceable and loving disposition isContinue reading “Mikao Usui, Born 155 Years Ago”
Thanks to Barbara Sher
Barbara Sher would be celebrating her 85th birthday today. On her 80th birthday, I wrote about my gratitude to her: “What would Barbara Sher do? That is the question I ask myself when I want to give up on my dream – because it seems so far out of reach, or out of habit orContinue reading “Thanks to Barbara Sher”
Opportunist Wasp
Wasps are meat eaters, I learned this morning. I am not sure why I didn’t know that, maybe because wasps belong to the animals that interest me the least. (Except when they compete for the piece of fruit I have my eyes on too, or when I get out of their way to avoid gettingContinue reading “Opportunist Wasp”
Sun On the Skin
Is there a better feeling than the sun on your skin? Well, perhaps there are a few things in life that are better, but you can count them on your one hand. … … If only the humming well-being of a sunlit day in August could be preserved for February and pulled out then —Continue reading “Sun On the Skin”
Waking Up In August
Is there anything more beautiful than the dawns of August? To me, the mornings of August are a symbol of perfection, and a reminder that perfection exists, during the rest of the year. 11 August 2015 #northernhemisphere #takingitin
August Is a Taste Of Perfection
In the Northern hemisphere, the month of August is perfection. The right climate all day, meteorites at night, cricket concerts, the electric vibe they add to the end of the day, the aromatic and rich splendour of the land. That is perfection. #alive #grateful 11 August 2016
Something In My Heart – The Key to Authentic Expression
A few years ago, just before coming out as a Recovering Artist (yes, there is such a thing, if you are an artist in hiding, and I was hiding behind supportive roles, mentoring, excuses, self-sabotage, frequently pulling myself out of situations that happened to me to wake me up to the truth that my lifeContinue reading “Something In My Heart – The Key to Authentic Expression”
Balance
Your decisions,whether you know it or not,will always be led by your heart or gut. The intellect on its ownis not strong or eager enough to follow throughon an idea without the support of your feelings. Always include your thinking into your decisions.Be an observer to your preferencesto learn about yourself.Let the witness in youContinue reading “Balance”
Mint Hibiscus Iced Tea
recipe and image by Womanio Ingredients• 4 cups boiling water• 4 hibiscus tea bags• 2 cups cold water• 2 cups apple juice• ½ cup mint leaves DirectionsSteep the tea bags and mint leaves in 4 cups of boiling water for about 10 minutes or until it is the strength that you want. Add the coldContinue reading “Mint Hibiscus Iced Tea”
Water With a Flavour
I bet you haven’t tried all of these. #savourthesummer #waterislife https://www.onecrazyhouse.com/30-ways-to-flavor-water/
Growing It: Attention, Encouragement, Action, Gratitude, Repeat
The quality you want to have more of, it is already there — right beside other things. Attention is love, in a real way. Therefore guide your attention toward the things you want to “grow” and enjoy more of. That will alter the proportions of everything that is present; at first in your mind, andContinue reading “Growing It: Attention, Encouragement, Action, Gratitude, Repeat”
“Gaia Is Always Open To Receive Reiki, Would You Agree?”
One of my reiki friends was sending reiki on Friday and asked in the reiki group: “The spot I picked at the stream was surrounded on all sides by tall mountains. As I closed my eyes, I felt my energies swirling and I envisioned it filling the canyon air. The winds were blowing and thenContinue reading ““Gaia Is Always Open To Receive Reiki, Would You Agree?””
If You Were Your Own Best Friend
If you were your own best friend, what advice would you give her (him)? Receive your advice, and take it — today. 10 August 2018
Choose the Best And Let Go Of the Rest
As you clear out your wardrobe and only keep clothes that suit you, fit well, excite you, flatter you, and make you happy, you can clear out your schedule and keep only habits that suit you, fit you well, excite you, flatter you, and make you happy. The process is a bit longer, but veryContinue reading “Choose the Best And Let Go Of the Rest”
Encourage Beginners, and Praise the Advanced.
Do the opposite of what a culture does that raises anti-knowledge narcissists who expect a boost of support for showing up alone and not when they offer something remarkable — knowledge, their humane traits, an aptitude to serve the common good, a benign orientation. Narcissists operate by love bombing the newest target they try toContinue reading “Encourage Beginners, and Praise the Advanced.”
Venus In Cancer
~ from 7 August to early September 2020 ~ This is one of the better positions for Venus. Cancer is a homebody, so love (Venus) comes home and is with the family in this transit. It is a really good time to nurture yourself and notice how you have more to give when you feelContinue reading “Venus In Cancer”
Catchwords
The meal ticket in politics is “change”; in new age, it is “transformation” or “consciousness”. But the people who use hypnotic and gauzy words like that do not change or transform themselves, anyone or anything, they don’t shift their consciousness. Those who do do it subtly, persistently, and after their successes use specific language forContinue reading “Catchwords”
Heart, Mind and Body Are One
A lot of people – in new age and beyond – use the term “love” to make a point that that they can’t trust their brains. Is that necessary? No. Your brain is there to support you. Don’t make it your enemy. Or you will never be whole or at peace with yourself. You willContinue reading “Heart, Mind and Body Are One”
Right and Content With Self
Quality of life improves immensely when you do the things that make you feel right and content with yourself. I say “do”, because it is not an intellectual pursuit, a feeling, a revelation, or a mantra — it can not be fleeting and fictional like that — you do have to act on it.. andContinue reading “Right and Content With Self”
Nanda Jurela 